October 11, 2010 - Worcester Business Journal

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Contents of the Oct. 11, 2010 Issue of the WBJ

On Page One THE UNDECIDED – The region’s retailers are torn over the ballot question that would...

Professional Services

Central Mass. Law Firms Show Well In New National Ranking

In rather the same manner as its rankings of colleges and hospitals, U.S. News & World Report,...

Energy

What About Hydro? | Water power is reliable, but cost of development can be fluid

When the subjects of energy efficiency or the green economy are discussed, solar and wind power dominate...

Banking & Finance

Old Worcester Courthouse Goes Up For Auction In January

An important piece of the city’s North Main Economic Development Strategy could take its first step...

Agriculture

The River Runs Both Ways

The Blackstone River has long been regarded as a national historic treasure. Today, its natural history and...

Life Sciences

New Lab Technology Aids Drug Development

With any job, using the wrong tools very often leads to failure. Nowhere is this more...

Life Sciences

Devens Firm Puts Labs On The Move

A large diagnostic testing laboratory might receive 40,000 specimens for analysis every day. Delivering each specimen...

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WBJ Talk Back In The Oct. 11, 2010 Issue

“U.S. LNG import terminals on average are operating at a mere 10% of capacity — including the...

Advice

10 Things I Know About…Copywriting

Ken Lovering is the owner of KL Marketing Communications. He can be reached at Ken@KLmarcom.com.10. IT’S WRITING...

Manufacturing

Growing Pains In Oxford | Swissturn/USA benefits from growth in the solar-power industry

Ken Mandile started working at Swissturn/USA, the company his father started in 1969, when he was 10 years...

Advice

101: Reference Checks

Let’s face it: Hiring people is a chore. Sifting through résumés, conducting interviews, trying to make a...

Real Estate

Briefing: Foreclosure Prevention

Thanks to the Frank-Dodd Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection act, $1 billion is now available...

Energy

The Health Case for Clean Air and Clean Energy

Few issues define the health of a community more clearly than the quality of the air we...

Energy

Wind Blown

When the folks who would be able to see the turbines of the Cape Wind development out...

Banking & Finance

Lenders Wary Of New Casinos

While the effort to establish resort-style casinos may have failed on Beacon Hill this summer, there is...

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Pushing Boundaries: Innovation Focus Introduction

What is innovation, exactly? While the word itself may be difficult to define, we certainly know it...

Education

Charting A New Course? | How the push for more charter schools fits with STEM education

A few years ago teachers at the North Central Charter Essential School in Fitchburg began a transportation...

Technology

What Your IT Guy Isn’t Telling You

This one’s for the IT guy (or gal) who’s been trapped in the server room for so...

News

House Calls Make A Comeback

Everyone seems to agree that the cost of health care in America is too high. But...

News

Incorporations from Aug. 1-15, 2010

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s Office between Aug. 1-15,...

Economy

Netezza The Latest To Face Shareholder Discontent

Within days of the announcement that computer giant IBM would purchase Marlborough data storage company Netezza Corp....

Technology

Tinkering Around Is More Than A Hobby In Boylston

Trying times can often cultivate the greatest inspiration. With business at his Boylston-based machine shop Phillips Precision...

Hospitality

Shop Talk: Q&A with Joseph Petrowski, Cumberland Farms

You’ll have to forgive Joseph Petrowski if he seems to have split personalities. That’s because as CEO...

Government & Politics

A Taxing Choice | Retailers are conflicted over whether to support a sales tax rollback

On the one hand Robert Boyle, regional manager of New England furniture retailer Stickley, Audi &...

Hospitality

Cutting-Edge, With Precision

The best innovations come from simply listening to customers. And that’s certainly the case for Hyde...

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Behind The Sound Bite

It’s election season and that means there is plenty of fodder for Behind the Sound Bite. For...

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